Editors' Review

Torch Browser includes media downloading, torrents, and social media and sharing. The all-in-one approach has advantages and disadvantages. Chief among advantages is browser integration, which is also the chief disadvantage if you don't use a particular feature or prefer another tool.

Pros

Torrents, media, and more: Clicking the Torrents button on Torch's toolbar opened an easy-to-use downloader. The Media Grabber button became active on pages with content we could download.

Single-click downloads: Torch also grabs YouTube videos and other online content with a single click -- no more right-click, copy URL, open downloader, paste URL, and so on.

Cons

Unwanted extras: Torch installed several extensions and toolbar extras like Torch Music, Games, and Shopping that we didn't necessarily want. An Ask toolbar is mandatory during installation, though you can remove it later.

Stability issues: Torch took several attempts to download and install. After setup, opening the Torrent and Music tools crashed the browser several times.

Bottom Line

When it comes to personalizing browsers, we prefer do-it-yourself over Torch Browser's all-in-one approach. Heavy torrent and media downloaders who don't have strong opinions about browser extras should check out Torch, though.

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Publisher's Description

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From Torch-Media:
Torch Browser combines the awesomeness of powerful browsing with media downloading and sharing. Torch Browser offers the following unique features: Built-in Torrent Easy downloading with built-in torrent capabilities Torch browser makes it easy to use and manage your torrent download tasks directly from the browser without having to download additional software. With Torch browser's built-in torrent features downloading files becomes easy and simple to do. Video Grabber Save videos in a click with an embedded video grabber. Torch browser lets you not only find videos and movies, but also easily save web videos from virtually any site you go to. Torch browser's video grabber is integrated into the browser and supports a broad range of file types, so once you find a web video you want to save; you can easily grab and save it without having to use external programs, converters or extensions. Easy Sharing Being social is easy with Torch's Share button Share the sites, videos, songs and search results with your friends on Facebook. Torch browser includes a built-in button to easily share on social networks the websites you like and the articles you find interesting. Download Accelerator Fire-up your media downloads with a built-in download accelerator. Speed up the download rate of your media files with a powerful download accelerator that is integrated into Torch browser. Powerful Browser Torch browser offers you superb browser experience with its strong and fast search capabilities. Being Chrome-based, Torch browser gives you broad, relevant and accurate search results in no time. Secure Browsing Special security features ensure that your browsing and media activities are safe and secure from viruses, malware, phishing and malicious websites. All In One Torch browser has built-in media features that enable you to search, download, play and share your media files directly from the browser.

What's new in this version:

Version 39.0.0.9037 may include unspecified updates, enhancements, or bug fixes.

It changes all your web browsers security settings without asking for permission & install's all sorts of plugins & toolbars.

Summary

Basically, not enough people actually testing this software fully before writing reviews. I wonder how many infected systems are caused by the short sited reviews especially the editors reviews.

This is basically a graphical trojen that changes settings, installs plugins & after a few days use you will notice a big system slow down & full of malware enough to put everything you do on your system at risk. To put it lightly, why bother with a browser like this when you have perfectly good browsers, tried & tested over years of use?

Torrent: the torrent is fast, easy to use, and one of the few that can play audio and video while the torrent is downloading.

the rest im sure you already covered, although you are not forced to install ask, merely asked to install ask.

Cons

ive yet to encounter any cons, although i admit them asking to install favorite website shortcuts on your desktop is annoying

Summary

overall, out of the fifteen browsers ive tried, i prefer torch over most of them, including google chrome. if you are a tech savvy person, id recommend avant ultimate or maxathon, but if you just want a fast, stable browser that is good for general usage, go with torch

I really love this browser. Since I'm a gamer, the Torch torrent option made everything a lot easier. When I watch videos on YouTube, it never bugs, everything goes smooth. Downloads are also very quick and it's really easy to use Torch. Applications work very fast and it loads webpages quickly, which I prefer, because my laptop is not a new one, so Torch makes surfing quicker.

Cons

Like I said, it only has a few bugs. One of them is (it's very similar to Chrome's issues), when I sometimes close the Torch browser's window and try to re-open it, it won't open. I thought it was a problem with my Antivirus, but it wasn't so I had to reinstall Torch. Another con is when I try to load some quizzes or, the best example, BoredPanda's posts, my Shockwave Player crashes. I have never had problems like that on Chrome nor Safari.

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